Yesterday, I shared some of my favorite YA books. As a home school mom I know how important the activities around each of these books are. It’s not just the story that is important, it is the ability to retain, retell, and rethink what is found in the pages.

Here are a few fun activities to go with 4 of the books I mentioned yesterday!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

• Scholastic Classroom Activities for 3rd to 5th graders
• Harry Potter and Greek Mythology an online quiz to help students see the connections
• Vocabulary and Spelling lists from the book

The Giver

• 7 Creative Classroom Activities
• Descriptive Writing Memoir for 6th to 8th Graders
• 161 Teacher Resources and Ideas

Number the Stars

• Meet the Author Book Reading Lois Lowry introduces and shares some of the backstory for creating Number the Stars.
• Enrichment Activities
• Lesson Plan for 3rd to 5th Graders

The Catcher in the Rye

• Lesson Plan
• Vocabulary
• Texting in The Catcher in the Rye a lesson on voice and communication for 9th to 12th graders

If you know of other great resources for lesson plans and activities for YA books please share in the comments. Happy reading!

And in case you missed them here are a few of my favorite books: